PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF23413 The Alchemist load module scanner (ZCBSCLDM) was not identifying all external references in program objects. Therefore, these references were not added to the cross reference list for the entity.

PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF23357 Add a new LRUID= parameter to the "E" Function call to Clip 7 (Lock Release). This parameter will specify the userid of the person who did the last retrieval of the entity. The PFX= parameter will not longer be passed to Clip 7 for the "E" function call.

Changes to the ZCEZCEXT utility: SELECTVER=Cn or CURRENTn where n is 1-9 Only the last n number of entities are extracted.

New DDNAME LIST: The sequential data-set's name where ZCEZCEXT writes entity version information to be used by ZCEXPORT in BATCH mode to unload entity source. The dataset must be DSORG=PS,DCB=(RECFM=F,LRECL=144)

Changes to the ZCEXPORT utility: BATCH=(Y)ES or (N)O The added parameter will unload those entities specified in the SYSUT1 input dataset that was created by ZCEZCEXT.

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF22245 Using the DELETE function on an Entity with TFILEs sharing the same dataset can receive the following message: ZDE2715E: TFILExx(x) LIB. NEW MEMBER NAME '' DUPLICATES NAME FOR TFILExx SHARING SAME LIBRARY The following error message could occur when using VLF on TFILE datasets OR under certain circumstances with externally created members during renames: ZDE2932E: TFILExx(x) DATA SET: UNDEFINED ERROR, CODE: 00040006 TYPE/RESTART: Restart Alchemist. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF21017 Increased length of Management Field may cause problems. This PTF allows for variable length Management Fields. This will allow the user to change the length of a field. After applying this PTF, the ZCEMFCNV utility must be executed for every zone ZCL dataset in an Operating Environmnet (OE). See SAMPLIB member CYBALI49 for sample JCL to execute this utility. Download and review the document named 'PTF SU02726 ZCEMFCNV.PDF' from support.cybermation.com section 'Other Docs and Tools' sub-section 'PTF Specific' ISPF Panel ZDDSC02A is updated as part of this PTF. Take the necessary steps to implement this panel into your environment. TYPE/RESTART: Restart all Alchemist Tasks. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of CLIP 11. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF21906 CLIP 11 variable ASRC11.UFL does not provide all of the UFL type fields that are available. A new UFL typed variable ASRC11.TARGET is now provided for the retrieval target file. The full UFL should be accessed as ASRC11.TARGET.UFL and UFL components can be accessed as ASRC11.TARGET.xxxx, for example ASRC11.TARGET.VOL. For the purposes of compatibility with earlier releases, the full UFL can also be accessed as ASRC11.UFL, but is not recommended. TYPE/RESTART: Restart all Alchemist tasks. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All Alchemist users. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF21380 During the build phase of a request, if a PCL engine fails on an abend in an invoked program, ZDERXBLD will take an SVC dump for the lost conversation with the PCL engine. This dump is no longer necessary. TYPE/RESTART: Restart all Alchemist started tasks. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of Alchemist FTP input. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF21423 From time to time, large FTP input will cause Alchemist to appear to be locked up. This PTF is a diagnostic PTF that will allow Cybermation support personnel to investigate the possibility of an FTP time out. TYPE/RESTART: Apply the PTF and restart Alchemist. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of the SCF listing facility. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF21205 A request has more than one entity. The list of entities is displayed via the Request Index panel. If an L (display listing) is entered against different entities in the request, then all entities will show the listing of the first entity selected. TYPE/RESTART: Restart all Alchemist TSO sessions. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All Alchemist users. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF21314 Under certain conditions, a request will fail with the ZDE2932E message indicating and undefined error with code 00040006. This PTF provides an additional diagnostic message (ZDE2941I) that should assist Cybermation personnel in the investigation of the problem. TYPE/RESTART: Restart all Alchemist started tasks. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of CLIP 11. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF21095 An entity has a locking value that does not incorporate the user ID. User 1 retrieves that entity and assigns a lock value. User 1 then releases the lock. User 2 retrieves that same entity using the same lock value as User 1. When User 2 releases the lock, CLIP11 is presented with a LOCKUID value corresponding to User 1, not User 2. TYPE/RESTART: Restart the Alchemist started task(s). */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of Alchemist Distributed Services PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF21218 If a DS conversation is dropped, no SVC dump should be taken sincethe cause is apparent from a study of the logs. TYPE/RESTART: Restart all Alchemist started tasks. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of Alchemist. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF21147 The user set default (option 3.2) dsname is displayed on panel ZDDCRE2M. This is normal when first entering a request. Once the request is running or after the request has run and after the user has entered a different dsname, the display still shows the default dsname in spite of the fact that the user overrode it. TYPE/RESTART: Apply the ptf, recycle all TSO sessions using Alchemist, and restart Alchemist. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of the Alchemist ISPF client. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF18583 If an installation is using CLIP4 to set the ASRRID.SUBRF value, this setting is ignored for a copy or restore of a request. TYPE/RESTART: Restart the TSO session(s). */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of Alchemist/DS. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF20991 If a request has a remote distribution list as well as a delayed start time, the system will go into a loop. TYPE/RESTART: Recycle the Alchemist started task(s). */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All Alchemist users. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF21008 If a user program is invoked by PCL and specifies a STEPLIB and that program abends, all subsequent requests will fail. To clear this condition, the Alchemist task must be recyled. TYPE/RESTART: Restart all Alchemist started tasks */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of Alchemist. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF20559 After a compare-with is processed on the entity access list, the entity access list is reset to the first entry in the list instead of remaining on the page the user had selected. TYPE/RESTART: Apply the ptf and restart Alchemist. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All Alchemist users. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF20893 When a request execution engine fails, an SVC dump is taken the title being: DUMP FOR ZDE9310 However, multiple dumps can be taken during the recovery process. These extra dumps serve no diagnostic purpose. This PTF will prevent the system from taking these additional dumps. TYPE/RESTART: Restart all Alchemist started tasks. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of Alchemist utility ZCEARCDL. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF20457 If ZCEARCDL encounters an entity with a non-MVS target file, will make no attempt to process the entity. This PTF introduces a new parameter: EXEC PGM=ZCEARCDL,PARM='...,BYPASSRMT=Y,...' When the BYPASSRMT parameter is specified as Y, then all normal processing is performed by ZCEARCDL with the exception of trying to delete the non-MVS target file(s). Thus, the entity could be deleted from the ZCL (or ZXL) provided that it met all the other deletion criteria. TYPE/RESTART: Apply the PTF and re-run the utility. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of Alchemist Distributed Services. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF20875 If an error is detected in a DS conversation, the conversation is restarted. An SVC dump is taken before trying the restart. However, if there are errors during the restart, multiple SVC dumps can be taken which will be of no diagnostic value. TYPE/RESTART: Restart all Alchemist started tasks. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of Alchemist. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF20380 During the retrieve of an entity using scheme MVS, if the DSORG field (Data-set Type:) is left blank or blanked out, Alchemist allows the use of an invalid MVS member name such as fred.txt TYPE/RESTART: Apply the ptf and restart Alchemist. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of Alchemist. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF20568 The ZXL exclusion list which is assembled by users in module ZCBXREFX is not excluding all the references it should. TYPE/RESTART: Apply the ptf and restart Alchemist. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of CLIP7 and the non-SCF listing facility. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF20575 When browsing multiple listings in the same request via Request Management, the variables being presented to CLIP7 do not change from one entity to another in the same request. This results in the same listing being viewed each time. TYPE/RESTART: Restart all Alchemist TSO sessions */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All Alchemist users also using TopSecret. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF20751 Under certain circumstances, a user could do an entity retrieve or get to a dataset to which that user does not have security access. This is most likely to happen in installations using TopSecret. TYPE/RESTART: Restart all Alchemist started tasks. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All Alchemist users. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF20790 Some entities created prior to Alchemist Version 5 could cause a ZDEx801 message to be issued when attempting an update. TYPE/RESTART: Restart all Alchemist started tasks. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of Alchemist. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF20546 Allow the use of the ID field (from the ETD) in an update request's Entity Type field when adding more than one entity to the request. Although the user types in the Entity Type for the first entity in a request, the second entity entered defaults to the ID field. In some cases, an 'Invalid Entity Type' message is received. TYPE/RESTART: Apply the ptf and restart Alchemist. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All Alchemist users. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF20589 If a PDS/E is used as a STEPLIB in PCL, Alchemist opens it in update mode rather than input mode. This could cause a system 913 abend if the user does not have RACF update access to that resource. TYPE/RESTART: Restart all Alchemist started tasks. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of the Alchemist Eclipse interface or the Alchemist SCC Interface. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF18476 A user retrieves an entity via the Eclipse or SCC interface and it completes successfully. The user then re-retrieves the entity (which now has a lock on it) from another project. The request fails with the proper return code but mistakenly opens the output file in anticipation of receiving the entity. The file is then closed. The open/close without any intervening writes empties the file. TYPE/RESTART: Apply the ptf and restart Alchemist. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of Alchemist/DS PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF20596 If an input source is variable in length but the remote target file is fixed in length, the entity will be stored on the remote target file with trailing nulls (X'00') instead of blanks if the if the input record length is shorter than the logical record length of the remote target file. TYPE/RESTART: Restart control points and remote nodes. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of Alchemist with pre Version 5 entities. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF20698 If a user attempts to update an entity whose last version was created prior to Alchemist Version 5, message ZDEx801E will be issued indicating an invalid CC number. In addition, message ZDEx830I will be issued indicating RC=08 REASON=04. TYPE/RESTART: Restart all Alchemist started tasks. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of Alchemist with the Eclipse plugin Client. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF20683 Rename failed as it was using the same ccref no for both the new renamed entity and the previous deleted entity. TYPE/RESTART: Apply the ptf and restart Alchemist. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of Alchemist with the Eclipse plugin Client. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF20523 Included in this PTF is the support for setting Management Fields from the Eclipse Plug-in. To use this new feature the Alchemist Eclipse Interface 1.2 must be installed. Provide: 1) The ability to set management fields. 2) Set "checked-in by" information. 3) The ability to check-in by folder. TYPE/RESTART: Apply the ptf and restart Alchemist. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users whose input source comes from FTP. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF20539 When a user is transferring large amounts of data into Alchemist via FTP, the ZDE1950E message can be issued which indicates that Alchemist was unable to allocate the source work file. In most cases, this is caused by fragmentation of the work disks but this PTF provides additional diagnostic messages to help determine the exact cause. TYPE/RESTART: Restart all Alchemist started tasks. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of Alchemist with pre Version 5 entities. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF20651 If a user attempts to update an entity whose last version was created prior to Alchemist Version 5, message ZDE2801E will be issued indicating an invalid CC number. TYPE/RESTART: Restart all Alchemist started tasks. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of external PCL engines. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF20412 If a PX sub-task experiences an abend, under certain conditions the PX address space will be locked up and will not recover from the abend. TYPE/RESTART: Restart the external PCL engines. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of DB2 under Alchemist. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF20564 If DB2 binds are executing simultaneously, the following message could be issued: DSNT501I DSNP DSNXA03 RESOURCE UNAVAILABLE This PTF prevents simultaneous DB2 binds being done by Alchemist. However, it should be noted that this cannot prevent an external batch job from doing a bind at the same time as Alchemist. TYPE/RESTART: Restart all Alchemist started tasks. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All Alchemist users. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF20404 After PTF SU02605 is applied, an 0C4 abend can be encountered in the Alchemist started task. The started task does recover from this 0C4 and continue processing. After applying SU02657, this 0C4 will no longer occur. TYPE/RESTART: Recycle the Alchemist started task(s). */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All Alchemist users. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF20384 If a request has some interdependent entities and one of these entities fail, then all entities are failed rather than just the interdependent ones. TYPE/RESTART: Restart all Alchemist started tasks. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All Alchemist users. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF20542 Message ZDE1911E can be issued indicating an error during a conversation with a PCL engine. Sometimes, this does not provide enough information to diagnose the problem. An SVC dump will be taken to assist in diagnosis. TYPE/RESTART: restart all Alchemist started tasks. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of the Alchemist ISPF client. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF20184 If an error is detected in the second entity details panel, an error message is issued but the cursor is positioned on the wrong input field. TYPE/RESTART: Restart the affected TSO sessions. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All Alchemist users. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF20366 If an entity exists in more than one target file and that entity has been manually changed in one of the target files, then submitting a request to update the entity will give an "externally created" error. The normal procedure would be to delete the manually edited copy from its target file and then resubmit the update request. There is a defect in Alchemist that would cause the resubmitted request to fail with an "externally created" error on the other target file(s). This PTF corrects that defect and allows the resubmitted request to run correctly. TYPE/RESTART: Restart Alchemist. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All Alchemist users PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF20251 If a request has a conditional event and/or a scheduled start time and deferred build is not used, then the request will fail on a data transfer server error 00040009 if Alchemist has been recycled between the time the request was entered and the time that execution resumes. Note that this will only happen for a request which is updating an existing entity. TYPE/RESTART: Restart all Alchemist started tasks. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of the PCL SEND command. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF20003 If the length of the text in the SEND command exceeds 80 bytes, a system D22 abend will result but this may not be visible to the user. The most likely indication that something is wrong is the PCL process or CLIP will appear to be hung. After this PTF is applied the invalid send command will be truncated. The send command will be displayed in the JES log as as truncated. The hang of the process or clip will not occur. TYPE/RESTART: None required. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All Alchmist users. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF20163 If an RX engine abends, message ZDE9310E is issued. However, under certain circumstances, this message can also be issued when no abend can be seen. This PTF takes a diagnostic dump when message ZDE9310E is issued. TYPE/RESTART: Restart Alchemist. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of the ZCEXPUID cross platform utility PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF18643 / DF18650 If a job is submitted with the intent of deleting an entry in the cross platform table and it does not exist in the table, the utility indicates that it has been deleted via the request rather than indicating that the entry does not exist. Likewise, if the job is intending to add an entry that does not exist, the utility indicates that the entry has been updated. Current utility messages are written to the job log which may cause some installations a problem with syslog filling up. A SYSPRINT DD card will redirect the messages to the print file, i.e. //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=A TYPE/RESTART: Apply the ptf and re-run the utility */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of Alchemist. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF19374 If a target file or its directory becomes full, the user is presented with a cryptic error message and an SVC dump is taken. This PTF suppresses the SVc dump and send the following message to the entity message log: ZDE1940E TFILEn(COPY) DATA SET (OR DIRECTORY) IS FULL TYPE/RESTART: Apply the PTF and restart Alchemist. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of the Alchemist ISPF client. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF20135 When scrolling up and down in a list of Alchemist items (e.g. zone names), the total row count displayed in the upper right hand corner of the screen can keep increasing even though no additional rows are being added to the table being displayed. TYPE/RESTART: Restart all Alchemist TSO sessions. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All Alchemist users. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF20155. If an ETD specifies the same dataset name for two or more target files, message ZDEx803E is issued. According to the documentation, message ZDEx803E describes an error in dynamic allocation. The message issued for this situation has been changed to ZDEx715E. TYPE/RESTART: Restart Alchemist. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of Alchemist external PCL engines. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF19673 Allocating a target file via PCL in an external PCL engine could result in the dataset not being released at the end of processing. TYPE/RESTART: Restart all Alchemist started tasks. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of the Alchemist ISPF client. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF18453 If an ISPF user has specified dataset names for the input source and load libraries in their defaults, these values are ignored when populating the entity specification when an entity is added to a request. TYPE/RESTART: Restart the affected TSO sessions. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All Alchemist users. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF18364 If a request has autoupgraded entities and a promote is added to the request, some of the autoupgraded entities will be incorrectly removed from the request. TYPE/RESTART: Restart all Alchemist started tasks. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of Alchemist utility ZCEARCDL. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF19406 If ZCEARCDL encounters an entity with a non-MVS target file, various error messages are issued and its internal dataset allocations cause zOS allocation recovery routines to be invoked with their attendant messages. With this PTF installed, ZCEARCDL will make no attempt to process an entity with a non-MVS target file. TYPE/RESTART: Apply the PTF and re-run the utility. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of Alchemist who have pre 3.1 version entities in their ZCL. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF18051 Alchemist was not properly reading ZCL entity headers if the entity was pre version 3.1. TYPE/RESTART: Apply the ptf and restart Alchemist. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: USERS AFFECTED: All users of Alchemist FTP. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF18049 Alchemist does not display source entities under the entity access browse function properly if they originated on a AS/400 platform and were brought into Alchemist via FTP. The same applies for entities originating on the z/OS platform and brought into Alchemist via FTP. There were also problems with FTP transfers from the Sun/Solaris platform. TYPE/RESTART: Apply the ptf and restart Alchemist. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of Alchemist SCF. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF19423 If the primary JES subsystem has a name other than JES2 or JES3, a user 1111 abend will result. This PTF provides support for an alternate JES subsystem name. The alternate name is specified in the PARM parameter of the EXEC statement as follows: PARM='ICO_name,JES_name' For example, if the ICO name was SCFICO and the primary JES was named JESA, the EXEC statement would be as follows: // EXEC PGM=ZDBWTR,PARM='SCFICO,JESA' TYPE/RESTART: Restart the SCF task(s). */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of the Alchemist ISPF client. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF19437 If CLIP4 changes values of the ASRRID variables and the user also has default values for any of these variables, the default value will be used rather than the value set by CLIP4. TYPE/RESTART: Restart the TSO session(s). */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All Alchemist administrators. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF18381 If the SAMELIB sub-parameter of the TFILE parameter in the ETD specifies a TFILE name of more than one digit (e.g. SAMELIB(TFILE12)), then the ETD compile will fail with the following message: ZCBCM011E - VALUE EXCEEDS MAXIMUM LENGTH FOR KEYWORD "SAMELIB" TYPE/RESTART: Re-compile the ETD. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of the PRINT command. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF18190 If there is an open failure during the processing of the PRINT command, there is insufficient information to diagnose the problem. This PTF will cause an SVC dump to be taken of the TSO address space prior to the display of the error message. If such a situation is encountered, this SVC dump must be sent to Cybermation Product Support Services for analysis. TYPE/RESTART: Restart the affected TSO session(s). */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of Alchemist Distributed Services. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF18318 If an error is detected in a DS conversation, the conversation is restarted. However, Alchemist does not behave properly after the restart. This can result in numerous SVC dumps and even an 0C4 abend. TYPE/RESTART: Restart all Alchemist started tasks. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All Alchemist users. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF19115 Under certain circumstances, Alchemist can lose an SSCI conversation with one of its components. No diagnostic information is produced that allows for the determination of the cause. With this PTF installed, an SVC dump is taken when this condition is detected. The title of the dump is: DUMP FOR ZACSRVxx LOST SSCI CONV If such a dump is produced, it should be sent to Cybermation Product Support Services along with the JES job log of the issuing task. TYPE/RESTART: Restart all Alchemist started tasks. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of Alchemist Distributed Services. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF18227 If a control block corruption occurs within a remote node, that node can go into a loop. This PTF detects this corruption and causes a user abend. This will allow the diagnosis of the corruption and prevent the remote node from looping. TYPE/RESTART: Restart all Alchemist/DS tasks. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of Alchemist completion events. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF18132 If a request is in input and has a completion event, changing that event name will cause the original event name to be posted. TYPE/RESTART: Restart all Alchemist started tasks. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of Alchemist. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF17890 If an error is encountered while loading the source for an entity, all request processing for that entity should stop immediately rather than proceeding to SPPCL processing. TYPE/RESTART: Apply the PTF and restart Alchemist. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All Alchemist users. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF18196 If a program is invoked by PCL and that program de-allocates any PCL controlled datasets, an error codition is raised in request processing. This PTF causes dynamic de-allocation error code A013 to be ignored as the dataset has already been released. TYPE/RESTART: Restart all Alchemist tasks and TSO sessions. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of the Alchemist ISPF client. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF17512 If the Data-set Type is omitted on an entity and "Delete I/Zone Src" is specified as Y, a user 1001 abend will result in the started task during the purge phase for the request. TYPE/RESTART: Restart the affected TSO session(s). */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of the PRINT command. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF17050 If there is an error in output processing during the execution of the PRINT command, the ISPF session is terminated with a user 3332, 3333 or 3334 abend. This PTF provides improved handling for these errors. If one of these type of errors is detected, a panel will be displayed providing error diagnostic codes. The user can then gather diagnostic information (see below) and press enter to return back to the Alchemist ISPF session. If this error situation happens, the user should have an SVC dump taken of the TSO address space using the console DUMP command. This dump and a copy of the error codes screen should then be sent to Cybermation Product Support Services for diagnostic analysis. TYPE/RESTART: Restart the affected TSO session(s). */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of the ZBBVPUP utility. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF17741 When copying a VPAM dataset to a sequential dataset using the ./ COPY command, the user data associated with the VPAM members is not copied. TYPE/RESTART: None required. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of Alchemist. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF17450 During the compile of an ETD, if the zone that is referred to in the highzone or lowzone keyword has the same "prefix" but a shorter length, the compiler erroneously issues the error message: ZCBCM161E - CURRENT ZONE NOT VALID FOR LOWZONE/HIGHZONE Example: High zone is PROD, lower zone is PRODLOW. If the ETD for PRODLOW uses the HIGHZONE(PROD) keyword, the compile fails. Example: Low zone is TEST, higher zone is TESTHIGH. If the ETD for TESTHIGH uses the LOWZONE(TEST) keyword, the compile fails. TYPE/RESTART: Apply the ptf and restart Alchemist. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All Alchemist users. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF17210 If two PCL invoked programs are executing simultaneously and their DD statements are not controlled by DDPARM, errors stating "DD name not available" or "File in use" could occur. This could show itself as an XLM error code 0050 or a PCL error code 1999. TYPE/RESTART: Apply the PTF and restart Alchemist as well as any TSO sessions affected. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of Alchemist events. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF17361 Under certain circumstances, problems with event behaviour can be experienced. This PTF provides for an event tracing facility. In order to activate this facility, place the following DD statement in the JCL for the main Alchemist started task(s): //ZEVTRACE DD SYSOUT=x Unless there is a lot of event activity, this will not result in excessively large output. Note that this trace should only be used if requested by Cybermation Product Support Services. If so requested, the output of this trace should be sent to Cybermation. TYPE/RESTART: Recycle the Alchemist started task(s). */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All Alchemist users. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF17173 Alchemist uses a parmlib member called ZSSCITCP for TCP parameters. Print this member on the Alchemist job log at startup to readily identify what parameters are in effect. TYPE/RESTART: Restart the Alchemist started task(s). */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: ALL USERS OF SAMPLIB AND THE CROSS-PLATFORM USER ID UTILITY ZCEXPUID. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF17199 THE OLD PARAMETERS WERE INCLUDED WITH THE SAMPLE. CORRECT TO THE NEW PROPER PARAMETERS FOR ZCEXPUID. TYPE/RESTART: APPLY THE PTF. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of Alchemist. PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF17305 If a user assigns an entity a very long name such as 128 characters, Alchemist has trouble interpreting the name. (The maximum entity name is 128 characters) TYPE/RESTART: Apply the ptf and restart Alchemist. Also, restart any affected TSO sessions. */

/* PRODUCT: ALCHEMIST 5.3.1 USERS AFFECTED: All users of Alchemist Clip 2 PROBLEM(S) FIXED: DF17455 When a user enters a change request and does a manual HOLD, Clip 2 is invoked. Clients would like the ability to tell if their users entered a manual HOLD on the request. In this case, they could choose to not send any authorization notice and wait for the release to do so. This change will provide this ability. Sample PCL to test for a manual hold would look like: // SET TPHASE = ASRRID.PHASE<<F,L>> //* TEST FOR MANUAL HOLD. // IF TPHASE = 'H' //* MANUAL HOLD IS TRUE // ELSE //* MANUAL HOLD IS NOT TRUE // ENDIF TYPE/RESTART: Apply the ptf and restart Alchemist. */